Outline Of Zimbabwe
The Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia, is a landlocked sovereign country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi River and Limpopo River.
Starting about 800 years ago (circa 1250) the area was ruled until 1629 by the Mutapa Empire, renowned for its gold trade routes with the Arabs. In 1834, the Ndebele people arrived while fleeing from the Zulu leader Shaka, making the area their new empire, Matabeleland. In the 1880s, the British arrived with Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company and colonized the area, and it became known as Southern Rhodesia in 1898. The country attained recognised independence in 1980, along with a new name (Zimbabwe), new flag, and new government led by Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union.
In 2000, under the leadership of Mugabe an effort was undertaken to redistribute land from white holders (predominantly large farms) to 250,000 Africans.
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing an economic and food crisis, described by some observers as the country's worst humanitarian crisis since independence, and it has been attributed in varying degrees to government economic mismanagement, government prohibitions on relief efforts from foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations), a drought affecting the entire region, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zimbabwe.
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